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Parent. Gotthelf Planer (father) Christine Wilhelmine "Minna" Planer (5 September 1809 – 25 January 1866) was a German actress and the first wife of composer Richard Wagner, to whom she was married for 30 years, although for the last 10 years they often lived apart. At an early age, she had an illegitimate daughter with a Royal Saxon Army ...
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- Gotthelf Planer (father)
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- Spouse of Richard Wagner
Jan 6, 2015 · Parents: Marie d’Agoult, Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Marriages: Hans von Bulow (1830-1894) (marriage 1857-1870) and Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (marriage 1870-1883). Children: Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), Eva von Bulow, Isolde Beidler, Blandina Elisabeth Veronica von Bulow, Daniela von Bulow.
May 21, 2013 · Christine Wilhelmine 'Minna' Planer, Wagner's first wife Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. By 20, Wagner was directing the Theater in Magdeburg. There he fell in love with the actress Minna...
In 1836 he married a provincial actress, Minna Planer, although this didn’t prevent him from enjoying a stream of affairs (in fairness, she was hardly saintly in this regard). Things came to a head when in the mid-1850s Wagner began an adulterous affair with the poet Mathilde Wesendonck, the public outcry forcing them to flee to Venice.
This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband's creative life. When Richard Wagner first met Minna Planer in 1834, he was an unknown conductor, she a popular actress.
Nov 15, 2022 · Minna Planer was a successful actress when she met the young composer and supported them both in the early years of their marriage. She endured with him the fearful crossing of the Baltic which became The Flying Dutchman and accompanied him to receptions and balls in London.
German composer Richard Wagner fell into several affairs and relationships. However, none of those relationships could prepare him for a tumultuous, relentless, torturing relationship with Minna Planer.
